GENETIC POSITION OF MORDVINIANS AMONG THE FINNO-UGRIAN PEOPLES

Authors
SPITSYN VA BECKMAN L NOVORADOVSKY AG AGAPOVA RK SPITSYNA NK
Citation
Va. Spitsyn et al., GENETIC POSITION OF MORDVINIANS AMONG THE FINNO-UGRIAN PEOPLES, Genetika, 31(8), 1995, pp. 1139-1146
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genetika → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166758
Volume
31
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1139 - 1146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6758(1995)31:8<1139:GPOMAT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Two different tribes of Mordvinians, Erzia and Moksha, were studied wi th respect to 13 different genetic marker systems. The Erzia and Moksh a were shown to be fairly homogeneous; a significant gene frequency di fference was found only in the MN blood group system. Estimation of th e genetic distances revealed that Mordvinians showed the closest relat ionship to the Maris and to populations of the western Finno-Ugrian li nguistic group such as Finns, Estonians and Karelians.